King Of Kyokushin 2017On saturday 27th of may there was a dutch delegation of the International Budokai in Osaka, Japan to compete at the King of Kyokushin event. The event is hosted by the International Karate Organization Nakamura, (IKO Nakamura). And was held in the Super Arena. It was a very good organized tournament. With a great number of competitors in Many divisions. In japanese style the divisions were divided not only in age, weight But also kyu grades and experience. We where invited in the tournament by Shihan Takao from the Takao dojo in Osaka. Upon our arival Kancho Gordeau was invited to have a drink and meet Kancho Makoto Nakamura. A very good fighter who won the 2nd & 3rd world Kyokushin tournament. After a very Nice meet and Greet with some very funny moments.

A couple of remarks About the tournament :

-There where Many styles competing such as Kyokushin, Seidokaikan, Byakuren and Many more. -Referees where very neutral, with good descisions. -A good tournament structure with a good flow. -Started on time and ended on time. -Good level of fighters.-good spirit !

All with all it was a very good tournament to attend, with a great result for the International Budokai:

Kenshin World Karate Festival 2017 This annual tournament is organized by the Fsa Kenshinkan organization of Kancho Takayuki Hayama. A tournament with many divisions like Full-Contact, Kickboxing, Mma, Kata and more. Some in tournament style and Some in single matches. It is held in the Yoyogi stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

We where asked to take part in the opening ceremony. First Kancho Gerard Gordeau had to give a speech about Karate and then the organization had a japanese and a russian competitor to pronounce the Karate oath and they requested a International Budokai competitor to join them. Our choice was Jaap de Jong and together with the japanese and russian competitors they did a great job.

First of were the Kata competitions and the International Budokai competitor Jaap de Jong gave it al he had. In a field with almost only Shodan and higher it was hig level competing.

Then Floris Hoek competed in the Kickboxing division. The Kickboxing division was maintaining amateur rules. This means head and shin protection. After one bye and two fights he was the winner of his division.

Then the Full-Contact divisions began. First Gijs hoek who dominanted his Japanese opponent with his Lowkicks and chudan mawashi geri So was declared the winner. Kimberley Schroduer put up a good fight with her japanese opponent and got the win. Rob de Groot had a very good Shidokan opponent and had to take a 4th place. Dave Kagenaar had to take 2nd place .

And last But not least, Floris Hoek had to face a highly skilled Shidokan black belt. This fighter was a ko artist with ushiro capacity both left and right. Floris managed to completely disable his opponent in under 2 minutes witch got him a second 1st place.

A good first experience for these International Budokai fighters in the land of the rising sun.